Sherwood Rekker Goalie Sticks Review

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Oh. Something new. Sherwood, get wrecked, Cam, with a Rekker Sherwood, this is sure Shirley.

Shirley, you could have thought of something better than that,

Don't call me Shirley. Sherwood, in the goalie stick, like, when's the last time we saw a Sherwood goalie stick? They've been around.

It's just still it's been a minute since we've we've had one in the area

of the shop. Well, this is a nice Welcome back to the Hockey Shop Source for Sports. We have the new Sherwood Rekker Morph Pro goalie stick available. And, Cam, I'm gonna leave it to you to walk me through all the specs on this one because it is the first time I've seen it.

Yes. When it comes to composite sticks now, I mean, we have a market flooded with different options and things like that, but it's always nice to see an additional option, especially when it's a legacy brand too that's kinda gone away for a little bit and now kinda had much more of a resurgence as of late.

This isn't your dad's Sherwood. This isn't the old 7700 wood stick.

5030 wood stick.

Fifty thirty. I got a buddy in Bear Lake that still has one of those.

Well, those weigh a ton and this doesn't. Let's start off with the weight

of this. Under 600 grams, I understand.

Feels like. 95. Nice. So

so so not the lightest stick we've had on the show, but definitely on the light scale, like, towards the the lower end of the weight scale.

Yeah. As soon as we hit that under 600 grams territory, like, we're gonna consider that a light top line. Stick. Yeah. Exactly.

And I think part of the thing that we can't stress enough too as well is that because it's super light doesn't necessarily mean it's better. So having a little bit of weight, not necessarily being the lightest.

Durability, things like that. Can't

aid in that. Exactly. Okay. So start with the basics. Curve. They call it a G92. What is a G92?

It's not a G92. That's that's the blade technology that

helps G92. See, I'm learning. Vibration dampening. Okay. Inside the actual blade

of the stick itself. G nine I see it's got a little like, that means Your means little WiFi signal? That little WiFi signal means dampening.

Dampening. Vibration dampening. K. Curve itself. Start with that.

Yeah. Let's start with that. So what Sherwood definitely refers to as their PP31, which is a lot like a P31, which is a lot like a P4, which is a lot like a twist, which all means that it's a very similar curve to your standard curve off the wall to many of your other favorite brands in terms of for goal sticks.

You know Round. Do you know how G92 works in terms of vibration dampening?

You know, it's got that little so that

it So that makes it so there's technology in

there. There's technology.

So the other thing that's in there that's quite obvious when you grab it, I don't know how well it shows up on the camera, but really flat blade on the front which should aid on the on the front of your paddle. And on the back, it's it's it's sort of rounded. Like, it's the geometry is unique. There you go. This is designed in this uniframe construction to do what?

So a, that's gonna give you a very consistent rebound. It's also maximizing the coverage of the stick too as well. I'm not shrinking that paddle by rounding it. I'm expanding it basically by flattening it to a better degree. So more consistency in terms of that rebound pop, you know exactly where it's gonna go.

Grip. Little grippiness on there. Kinda goes down right over the I like that they included the grip down over the finger. So if you're holding it down there, you still have a little bit of grip. Sometimes we see it sort of just on the handle, but they've got it down over the finger like slide your finger up

the shaft a little bit you can feel how you get more of that texture about midway up. That's going help you grab the stick with your glove on that kind of overhand kind of style tee up grip.

It's the Go Zone.

Exactly. In terms of flexing and loading that stick.

Yeah. You can feel that grip for for like turco grip in here, but then you're right. You easily slide your hand up there. The shaft itself rounded edges which will help with breakage as opposed to really sharp corners, but Correct. You know, pretty standard rectangular shape on that, not some of the more unique variations that we've seen some other brands. So just mean, at the end of the day, we gotta get out there and feel it, see how it flexes. Do you know what the kick point is?

I know off the top of my head. I'll be honest. It'll be on

the website or if you have any questions about the Sherwood Rekker Morph Pro stick Mhmm. Which is retailing for $2.99 Canadian. So, again, higher end stick, but not the highest price point you have here. So a deal to be had.

Correct. In terms of for especially, you know, versus some other things on the wall here. So a great option, good overall feel, b similar sizing to now what we consider standard. So we'll use the, you know, Bauer example. This is going to line up like one to one.

So if you have any questions, give me a call (604) 589-8299. Depends on what sizes are available, what's gonna work best for you. We can talk about it. We can check it out, and it's good to see another option and cheer with back. We're gonna

make Cam go play with it so he can tell us how it flexes. He thinks he can shoot the puck folks. We'll see if he can with the Sherwood Rekker.

They're good sticks and and the just ability to withstand the the pounding from two years ago to last year, really improved product, and, I enjoy it. 25. I use the 25 inch paddle.

So, Daren, you if you're standing up for its durability given that you see NHL shots in your skates, that's a pretty you're the only one amongst us that's actually used this. So that's a pretty that's a pretty good statement.

Now when I get down to about two left in the year, I start using a warm up stick and let it take the brunt of it so I have it for my games. I will say that. And here's here's the thing. A couple years ago, up in the shaft, it would get nicked, and it would break apart, like, and day. They I don't and I didn't give them that feedback.

You mentioned it, but not that it changed it for me. But it amazing how the shaft of the the wrecker was so much more resilient than it was the year before, so credit to everybody over at Sherwood.

Hold on. Did you just say you use warm up sticks?

Yeah. I I'll I'll use the odd stick from somebody else that doesn't have the

The Daren Millard special.

Yeah. It doesn't have so the when Sherwood sent it to me, they put a Wheat King on it for theBrandon Wheat Kings.

Oh, nice.

So so they they know they know it's so everybody knows it's fine. But so when I get down low on my supply, I wanna be able to use it for actual my my men's league stuff, so I I will go out and use somebody else's twig for the wear and tear of a of an NHL practice. So, yes. Well

Welcome to the dark side.

Without even thinking about it, I give you credit for the warm up stick. And and

Welcome to my world. It's really bright and sunny here.

It didn't even jump out at me until I was telling you guys a story before we hit record. And you said, warm up stick? I'm like, yes. Yes. I do.

Honestly, if there's Slow. If there's anything we've ever accomplished on this show, it might be giving parents permission to have a warm up stick for their children and make the game a little bit more affordable.

Like, hammer away on that one stick in drills and practice and use your good stick for the games. Makes sense. Was just slow to it and it took me a while to get around to it because I just love the sticks, but I'm like, I've only got two left, I gotta save them. So I'll lean on somebody else's in the room. Can you go grab me somebody else's stick?

They they will. It's always good. And it happened by accident because Jack broke one in her shot, Jack Eichel, broke one in her shot, and I only had one stick out there. And so somebody just grabbed another one and gave it to me, so I I took that one and used it for the rest of the season.

Just that little subtle Jack broke one.

Yeah. You You didn't say or something like that, but

I I do not call them Ikes. I don't know what other nickname Jack has, but I I call him Jack.

Oh, I think you might be deferential and say, Mr. Eichel broke my stick.

Would you mind? And and nobody hits the shaft of the stick when I'm skating more than Jack. I get it's ridiculous how accurate he is, and it bugs him so much because because it's like, are you putting that there on purpose? I'm like, no. No. You're just Of

course you are.

Miss I'm missing it.

It's an extension of the hand. You're right. Take all the credit.

You're right. But but he he hammers it all the time, and he's the one that that I noticed was breaking the the handles of it. But last year was great.

You need to see what I what I've done, we've got a guy who played in the NHL, definitely not at Eichel's level, but on our Monday night skates, Anthony Paluso. And if you've played in the NHL, you can shoot. And Anthony likes high blocker and warm ups, and I can't quite catch up to it with the blocker hand sometimes. And so, inevitably, it goes off the shaft. And I like, I just almost need to start whispering in his ear, you know, low blocker is a better place to score because I can't afford this. Because you

can't I I do chirp the guys all the time when they hit it.

I'm

like, good goaltending. Touch that.

Heck yes.

Probably probably probably $1,200 worth of sticks in warm ups alone. Thanks to Mr. Paluso over the

last painful.

Over the last year. He's he's high blocker king. So that's why I too have switched to the warm up stick because he even goes through those.

Dylan Garand coming up in our NHL Sense Arena feature interview. We've got our Stop It Goal Tending U the app parent segment with David Hutchison. But I wanna mention and, oh, don't forget the Vizual Edge ProReads. We got a big contract extension signed to the Calgary Flames, Dustin Wolf. Seven years, 7 and a half million dollars.

Sounds like a lot for a guy with a full year NHL under his belt from a season ago, but when you look at the track record and what he did from junior to the American Hockey League and the awards and the trophy case and the accolades, that he was able to rack up, seven and a half could be one of the great moves by Craig Conroy and the Calgary Flames.

Yeah. Especially with the cap going up. Right? Like, it's seven and a half next year. At that point, it will be the tenth highest goalie salary in the league.

If we're talking about this year, he's not he's not on the extension yet, but if you were compared to this year's, it'd be the eleventh. Out of the 10 guys ahead of him on that chart this past season, his adjusted save percentage was better than eight. Only Connor Hellebuyck and only barely had a better adjusted save percentage than Dustin Wolf in his first full season in the NHL. You can talk about the progression, talk about the fact he's been in American Hockey League Goal of the Year twice, an MVP. You can talk about durability and games played, how consistent he's been in terms of staying healthy, and there might be something to quote, unquote smaller goalies there.

Big goalies have long hinges, and long hinges create a lot more pressure on the joints. His ability to keep his his edges underneath him and not get extended. There's just there's so much to like about his game, and statistically, it's translated at an elite level so far in the NHL. Does that mean that it's gonna be a straight line progression or even consistent? That's the challenge.

Right? Like, this is a position filled with volatility, and anytime you sign someone to term, it comes with risk. The game changes. What makes a good goaltender has changed over the course of the past seven years. Maybe we're seeing a trend towards smaller goalies as if he kick game becomes incredibly east west.

So a guy that signed a contract seven years ago might not fit today's game as well. So that risk, that's all there because things change fast. But, if I'm placing a bet, do I like placing a bet on Dustin Wolf? And not just because you mentioned ProReads. He happens to be this week's ProReads guest.

I just like everything about his approach. I like the fact that he is locked in on a foundation without being so locked in that he's not willing to change. Like, it's evolved in the four years that he's been there. He's identified things that he needs to get better at and gotten better at them. He's changed positionally how he plays.

Like, he's just got such a great combination.

Changed positionally?